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This pairing was made because jackals themselves can’t handle living in the frigid climates of Russia, being far more used to living just above the equator. Meanwhile husky blood is able to withstand the taiga – or at least temperatures below 40°. Just adding ¼ jackal into the breeding pool meant that the dogs were able to identify each individual person’s scent. Breeders mix huskies with the wild canine species. The Russians were intentionally breeding jackal-dog hybrids starting in the early 1970sĬlaiming that the resulting offspring was a superior sniffer dog. None of these breeding programs gave any reason for carrying out their work. In the 1980s Germans attempted to breed poodles with jackals but weren’t successful, the results being prone to genetic diseases and sterility. The following century also had written records of jackal-dog hybrids including one made by Charles Darwin. The naturalist, John Hunter, apparently succeeded in mating the mature female jackal-spaniel hybrid with a terrier and she gave birth to five pups. The first record of this hybrid was written in the 18th centuryīAn amateur naturalist who bought hybrid puppies from a Dutch East India Company’s ship that allegedly adopted a jackal which then mated with a spaniel. Dogs’ toe pads are all distinctly separate while jackals’ two middle toe pads conjoin under its middle fingers. Some jackal-dog hybrid have one, some do not. Many dog breeds have a dewclaw – a toenail inside their front leg – which jackals do not have. Depending on the dog breed it mated with, its ears can be considerably longer, even with rounded tips.įinally, this hybridization can effect their feet. Jackals tend to have short, triangular ears. Since no crossbreedings have been done with particularly large or small dogs (which would be unlikely they would mate anyway, given the size disparity), it’s hard to be sure if this could change. The hyrbid’s size seems to be the same as jackals. Some have long, thick hair like jackals others have shorter and thinner hair like the dog breed of one of their parents.
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When mixed with a dog, the hybrid offspring could be as dark as black which is clearly not a trait passed on by the jackal. Golden jackals are typically gold-colored, hence their name. The color of their coat is dependant upon the dog the jackal mated with. The hybrid takes on traits from both its jackal and dog parents. The offspring is genetically 50% of each parent’s species and 100% canine. This can go either way – female jackal and male dog or female dog and male jackal. A jackal-dog hybrid is exactly what it sounds like: the offspring produced by a jackal mating with a dog. This mix of backgrounds produces cubs that grow into a beautiful blend of both parents.ġ. Jackal-dog hybrids mix both wild and domesticated species. They’re also no where near as exciting – one is the mix of two wild species, the other is the mix of two domestic species.